Cambodia Visa for Your Third or Fourth Trip in 18 Months: An Aussie's Strategy Guide
If you've already been to Cambodia twice this year and you're looking at trip three, the rules don't get any cheaper or any easier. There's no loyalty discount, no multi-entry upgrade for tourists, and the same single-entry eVisa each time. Here's when it actually pays to switch to Business.
What's the smartest Cambodia visa strategy for an Australian on a third or fourth trip in 18 months?
From your third Cambodia trip in 18 months, switch to the Business eVisa at $90 USD all-in (~$137 AUD). Cambodia's Tourist eVisa is single-entry every time at $80 USD (~$122 AUD), with no loyalty discount, no multi-entry upgrade, and a hard 30-day stay cap — three Tourist runs cost $240 USD (~$366 AUD) and rebuild themselves from scratch each time. The Business eVisa is only $10 USD (~$15 AUD) more per trip, supports meetings, conferences, supplier visits, sales calls and long stays, and is the only Cambodia visa that can be extended into multi-entry 1-, 3-, 6- or 12-month blocks once you arrive. Approved in 3 business days, delivered as a printable PDF by email, with free resubmission if Immigration flags a correction.
Key Takeaways
- Cambodia Tourist eVisa stays single-entry every time at $80 USD (~$122 AUD) — there is no repeat-traveller discount and no multi-entry upgrade.
- Three Tourist eVisas in a year = $240 USD (~$366 AUD); a Business eVisa at $90 USD (~$137 AUD) gets you multi-entry and removes the per-trip reapply step.
- The Business eVisa can be extended into 1, 3, 6 or 12-month multi-entry blocks once you arrive, so frequent travellers buy one and stop counting trips.
- Tourist eVisa validity is 3 months from issue, with a 30-day stay cap per entry — you cannot stack two Tourist visas back-to-back to skip the limit.
- If you are flying in three or more times a year, the maths and the workflow both point to Business eVisa from your third visit onwards.
- Each application is fresh — Cambodian Immigration does not pre-fill any field from your prior approvals, even if you apply with the same email.
Why this matters in 2026
Australian travellers who fly to Cambodia once a year usually buy a Tourist eVisa, use it, and forget about it. The decision is only awkward when the trips start stacking up. A January week in Siem Reap, an April long weekend in Phnom Penh, a planned July run to Koh Rong — by the time you are looking at your third Cambodia trip in 18 months, you are asking a different question. Do you keep buying Tourist eVisas, or is there a smarter product?
The short answer is yes, there is. The Cambodia Business eVisa is built for exactly this pattern. It costs $10 USD (~$15 AUD) more than the Tourist, it can be extended into multi-entry once you arrive, and from your third trip onwards it is almost always the cheaper and calmer choice. The catch is that Cambodia gives you zero loyalty signals up front — no discount, no fast lane, no pre-filled form. You have to do the maths yourself, and most Aussies on trip three quietly hand over another $80 USD (~$122 AUD) without realising they had a better option.
Trip three: what changes, what stays the same
Almost nothing about the Tourist eVisa changes between your first trip and your fourth. Same form, same $80 USD all-in (~$122 AUD), same 3-business-day processing, same 3-month validity from issue, same hard 30-day stay cap on entry. Each application is treated as a fresh case. The portal does not greet you by name. The immigration officer at KTI does not look at your stamps and wave you through. There is no fast lane.
What stays the same on every Tourist eVisa
- Cost: $80 USD all-in (~$122 AUD), no loyalty discount no matter how many times you apply.
- Processing: 3 business days, approved in 3 business days, delivered as a printable PDF by email.
- Validity: 3 months from issue, single-entry, 30-day stay cap on each entry.
- Documents: the same passport scan, the same photo, the same accommodation field — every time.
- Free resubmission if Immigration flags a correction, on every application.
What does shift between trip one and trip four
- Your tolerance for paperwork: filling the same 12 fields a fourth time feels different to filling them once.
- Your odds of an awkward overlap: the more often you go, the more likely a trip will stretch past 30 days or need a same-month re-entry.
- Your reason for being there: trip one is usually pure tourism, but by trip four many Aussies are visiting suppliers, scouting property, attending a conference, or staying with a partner — territory the Business eVisa is designed for.
Our second-visit guide for Australians walked through what changes between trip one and trip two. By trip three the calculus shifts again, because the Tourist eVisa is no longer the obvious default. If your pattern is more than two Cambodia trips in 12 months, the
Frequently asked questions
Does Cambodia give returning Australian travellers a loyalty discount on the eVisa?
No. There is no Cambodia loyalty programme, no repeat-applicant discount, and no fast-track for travellers with prior approvals. Every Cambodia eVisa application is treated as a fresh case, even if you have been to Cambodia six times before. The Tourist eVisa is $80 USD all-in (~$122 AUD) every time and the Business eVisa is $90 USD all-in (~$137 AUD) every time, both approved in 3 business days, delivered as a printable PDF by email.
Can I upgrade my Tourist eVisa to multi-entry for my third trip?
No. The Cambodia Tourist eVisa is single-entry by design and there is no multi-entry upgrade available on the Tourist class. The only Cambodia visa that supports multi-entry is the Business eVisa, and even then the multi-entry behaviour only kicks in after you arrive in Cambodia and lodge an extension into a 6- or 12-month block through a local immigration agent. From your third trip in 18 months, the Business eVisa at $90 USD all-in (~$137 AUD) is usually the better answer.
How many Tourist eVisas can an Australian apply for in a year?
There is no published numerical cap on Tourist eVisa applications for Australian passport holders. Travellers regularly apply for four or five in a year. The practical limit is that Cambodian Immigration looks at the pattern — if you are applying for a third or fourth Tourist eVisa in 18 months, the system will start to flag the case for a manual look, particularly if any of your previous stays ran close to the 30-day cap. The cleaner answer at that point is to apply for the Business eVisa, which is the product Cambodia has designed for repeat travel.
Can I have two valid Cambodia eVisas at the same time?
No. Cambodia issues one valid eVisa per passport at a time. If you apply for a second eVisa while a previous one is still valid, the system will either reject the application or invalidate the earlier approval. You also cannot stack two Tourist eVisas back-to-back to skip the 30-day stay cap — Cambodian Immigration logs the entry-exit pattern and will treat a same-week re-entry as an attempted workaround.
Is the Business eVisa really only $10 USD (~$15 AUD) more than the Tourist?
Yes. The Cambodia Business eVisa is $90 USD all-in (~$137 AUD) and the Tourist eVisa is $80 USD all-in (~$122 AUD). The $10 USD (~$15 AUD) difference is the same whether you are applying for the first time or the tenth time. The Business eVisa supports meetings, paid work, conferences, sales calls, supplier visits, due-diligence, long stays and sponsored events, and is the only Cambodia visa that can be extended into multi-entry blocks once you arrive. For travellers on a third or fourth trip in 18 months, the maths almost always flips in favour of Business.
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